Old Warrick County jail

Some of the graffiti done by prisoners in the old jail cells has been preserved.

The Old Warrick County Jail sits at the corner of Fourth and Main streets in Boonville.

The remaining cells in the old jail have not been used to hold prisoners for almost 50 years.

Some of the original jail bars, installed in 1876, are still in place.

ABOVE: The upper floor of the old jail has deteriorated in the years since the building was regularly used. Water has caused damage to many sections of the ceiling.

Nathan Blackford / Courier & Press The well-worn staircase leads to the upper floor of the old jail, which originally served as living quarters fof the county sheriff.

Water damage, which has caused the drop ceiling in the upper floor of the old jail to fall, is also evident on the original 1876 wooden ceiling.

The cells have been removed from this portion of the old jail. The hall was used as a meeting room by Warrick County Senior Citizens for nearly three decades, but is now used only to store surplus county equipment.